Black Cotton Soil

The property of volumetric changes with the change of atmospheric conditions makes black cotton soil dangerous to be founded buildings. It swells excessively when wet and shrinks excessively when dry resulting terrible cracks in soil without any warning. It has a great affinity to water. This tendency of soil is on account of the presence of fine clay particles. Cracks are formed due to movement of the ground on account of alternate swelling and shrinkage. The cracks thus formed are sometimes 15 to 20 cm wide and 2.5 to 4 m deep. The summary for all posts on black cotton soil are listed below: